Aero Industries TG-31
# Aero Industries TG-31

The Aero Industries TG-31 was a 1940s American military training glider, designed and built by students at the Aero Industries Technical Institute as the Aero Industries G-2 and impressed into military service as the Aero Industries TG-31 on 29 June 1942.

## Design and development

The Aero Industries TG-31 design was a high-wing sailplane design of wood-steel-fabric construction, with a single wheel aft of the nose skid. One G-2 sailplane (civil registration NC19965) was impressed into USAAF service on June 29, 1942 and allocated the designation TG-31 and the serial number 42-57171.

## Operators

### United States

* United States Army Air Forces

## Specifications

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General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 20 ft (6.1 m)
* Wingspan: 48 ft (15 m)
* Height: 5 ft (1.5 m)
* Wing area: 230 sq ft (21 $m^2)$
* Max takeoff weight: 450 lb (204 kg)

Performancedive or glide speed

